sec.176False, misleading or incomplete documents

### sec.176 False, misleading or incomplete documents A person must not give the chief executive or an inspector a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the chief executive or inspector, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and gives the correct information to the chief executive or inspector if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) is sufficient if it states the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. s 176 amd 2000 No. 26 s 13 sch 2 (sec.176-ssec.1) A person must not give the chief executive or an inspector a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. (sec.176-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the chief executive or inspector, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and gives the correct information to the chief executive or inspector if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (sec.176-ssec.3) A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) is sufficient if it states the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. - (a) informs the chief executive or inspector, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and - (b) gives the correct information to the chief executive or inspector if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.